Where has the summer gone?

I can't believe it's almost time for school to start again.
Since I last wrote anything David and I went to St. Louis. I drove and my friends, Milly and Jim, rode with us. We had fun on the road. They visited Jim's sister. David and I visited my sister, niece and brother-in-law.
We did a lot of stuff. We shopped at the resale store where a reality show is filmed. It was interesting....lots of nice things.







My niece is working at the St. Louis museum for the summer. She gave us our own tour. It was so interesting. This is one of the paintings I liked. It's done by Kandinsky.


David and I are meeting Judy and Laura in Bentonville this weekend.
We're going to the Crystal Bridges Museum. I'm so excited. I know it's going to be great. I'll tell you about next time.

Necklace

I've been making things I've seen on Pinterest. I love doing crafts.


This is a necklace I made with 2 washers from Lowes and nail polish and a bead and a charm. I like wearing it and it turned out better than I thought it would.

I'm still working on eating better. Here's a recipe for taco salad. It's so good even Rick liked it.

Taco Salad

1lb. Lean ground beef or turkey
1/2 yellow onion diced
2 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp sea salt
3/4 cup water
3 romaine lettuce hearts, torn into pieces
1 avocado, sliced
I can black olives, sliced
1 medium tomato, diced
Fresh cilantro
1 ( 8 oz. ) jar salsa

Heat skillet over medium- high heat. Add beef and onion. Cook until browned.

Add chili powder, garlic salt, cumin, oregano, sea salt, and water and let simmer for five minutes.

Pour over lettuce and add remaining ingredients.

If you make it let me know how you liked it.

Making changes

Here's the deal, I'm making two big changes in my life. First, I'm eating better, 90% is the Paleo way, mainly meat, veggies, and fruit. The second is I joined a gym so I'll get fit.

At my last doctor's visit he recommend that I lose 14 pounds by the middle of July. I've already lost about 7 pounds. So I'm off to a good start.

I've also set mini goals to losing 50 pounds. This is a picture of a pair of pants I can't fit into. When you see a picture of me wearing them you know I've reached my first goal.


From time to time I'll give you some Paleo recipes. I've got four Paleo cookbooks. Each week I'm going to try a few new ones. I'll let you know how that goes.

I'm excited about trying something new for a better life. I want to get off my medications and start feeling better. I'm 62 years old and I want my last years to be some of my best years. I'll need your support and encouragement.

Father's Day Weekend

We had a nice quiet day...just the way Rick liked it. He got a sound bar thing for the TV. Andrew helped him get it going. It's like surround sound, ours went out, but not exactly. We watched the basketball game with it. It's neat. Go Spurs!

David had a birthday bowling party to go to after his regular bowling. He ended up bowling 5 games and scored 150 on one of them. His left arm was worn out. It was his friend Clay's 30th birthday. Some of David's Pathfinder friends were there and he enjoyed that. They had cheese dip and cupcakes and a good time.

Saturday night we went to Stephen and Jennifer's wedding. The bride was beautiful and her gown was gorgeous. The reception was at a party room at Cajun's. I got to see a lot of Andrew's friends whom I haven't seen in years. It was nice catching up with them. Michelle and Catherine looked great with makeup and all dressed up for the occasion.





Andrew's the tall one. Doesn't he look nice?

Car show

David and Danny went to the Hot Rod Car Show Monday evening. They had a great time.











There were hundreds of vintage cars. They only saw part of them. Looked like fun.

This is the bracelet I started at bead group and finished at home.
I really like it and it was fun to make.


David and I had a joint visit to the liver doctor. That way I only have to go once and not twice. I think I'll try that again. I was fine, but David's enzymes were still slightly elevated. Dr. told both of us us to lose weight and we'd be much better. So that will be our next project. It will be challenging, but we can do it. He also said to go to a gym and lift weights....another challenge.
Anyone know a good cheap gym?

Yesterday I had a " Sharon Day ". I got pampered and it was nice. I my got my toe nails done and the massage that comes with it was great. I also got my finger nails done. That was nice too. I also got my hair done. I walked out of the salon feeling like a new woman. I recommend it to all my girlfriends.

Today I had my follow up visit to the heart doctor after I was in the hospital.
It didn't go well....to many problems to discuss here. I've got to get my medicines straighten out....I had to change some and that causes more complications. I'll just have to try other things until something works.
Dr. Collins is great...he is so sweet to me and kind and patient.

Memorial Day

I can't believe that a week has gone by since I dropped my sister off at the airport. I got her there about 3:30pm. She didn't get home until 2:00am on Tuesday. The tornados in Oklahoma caused the delay. She could have driven and gotten there quicker. While she was here we went to Garvin Gardens. I'd never been there before and I really liked it. There were so many different things to see.





David got a haircut Thursday and our friend Macy went with us. Afterwards we went to Moe's for supper. As always we ate and then did an art project. This time we colored on sandpaper and I'll iron the designs on a T-shirt. It will be one of a kind. I saw it on Pinterest. We also went to the Old Mill. I haven't been there in years. It hasn't changed much, but it's still a nice place to go.


David bowled 5 games Saturday morning. He did pretty good. I thought he'd be tired and start complaining, but he loved it and had a good time. Then we went to Hot Springs to visit Harold and Donna. They'd both been real sick, but they were so much better. We played games, Train and Skipbo. We laughed and had so much fun. Harold has not had good luck with his mailboxes. Last week his 5th one was knocked over. Poor mailbox.


I saw Fast and Furious today. It was good and full of action, if you like action movies and I do. Yesterday we watched videos. We saw Winter's Bone. I really don't know how to describe it other than dark. We also watched Ergo. It was really good.

Judy's visit

We're having a great visit, but things aren't so good for Dad and Harold.
Harold has the flu and we hope to visit him on Sunday. We saw Dad yesterday before he went to the eye clinic at the VA. While there he got a shot in his eye as he usually does, but this time something went wrong he went blind in that eye and they had to keep working on him. He was finally able to see and he went home. He had to go back today and his eye is better. We'll see him tomorrow afternoon after David bowls. The good from all this is that Judy and David and I have spent more time together. We've gone out to eat and done some shopping and had fun.